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- by nisagl750
Tue Jan 29, 2013 6:44 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Absolute value of X
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1226
I'm nervous about adding a POV to answers that we've already said are incorrect, but this explanation is furthering the error. "Its" cannot refer to company, because the word 'company' doesn't exist in this sentence. The word present in this sentence is 'company's' which is a possessive d...
- by nisagl750
Tue Jan 29, 2013 12:57 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Company's new management ....
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1598
Hi Folks, Planned reduction in orders for components for the iPhone 5 is due to weaker-than-expected demand because Apple’s share of world-wide smartphone shipments have declined from 23% to 14% since the last year while Samsung’s share has steadily increased from 8.8% to 31% during the same ti...
- by nisagl750
Mon Jan 28, 2013 9:24 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Another new 700 level SC problem
- Replies: 18
- Views: 4081
I prefer E over D because E is more active.
But I'll wait for original question to be posted again (for the typos, if any).
- by nisagl750
Mon Jan 28, 2013 8:02 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Household nuisance
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1342
Question: Slight variations of choice a: a1: the company's new management stated a plan to expand its operations a2: the company's new management stated its plan to expand its operations Are statements a1 and a2 correct? Hi Deepak, a1: states that the company's new management presented a plan to ex...
- by nisagl750
Mon Jan 28, 2013 7:56 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Company's new management ....
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1598
Did you know that in the United States something like 50% of people who fail to earn their bachelor's degree and drop out of college do so, at least in part, because they cannot pass the required math courses? Hi David, I understood the question and why C is the correct answer choice but I have a d...
- by nisagl750
Mon Jan 28, 2013 8:35 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Political Science Courses_CR
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1810
Can you please explain choice C
If the smallest dots on the proposed checks are easily distinguishable, wont that make the people who counterfeit the checks alert and devise other ways to counterfeit checks that does not show "VOID" on counterfeited checks?
- by nisagl750
Sat Jan 26, 2013 10:25 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: The dot scanner---Assumption
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1632
Though I did get the answer of this question correct, but I still doubt that I understood the question stem perfectly. Can anyone please explain the detailed analysis of each of the five choice statements and what are their effect on the conclusion? How each statement either strongly weaken, least w...
- by nisagl750
Sat Jan 26, 2013 9:35 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Celebrity Issues
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1444
- by nisagl750
Fri Jan 25, 2013 1:45 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: One of the students VS is One of the students
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7204
Thanks Tommy,
Is this correct, "One of the students who were sick, was absent at the exam"
But you already told me its wrong. Isn't it?
The only correct verb for THIS sentence is "was". Right?
- by nisagl750
Fri Jan 25, 2013 1:16 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: One of the students VS is One of the students
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7204
I know there are several ways of writing a particular statement or sentence.
What I wanted to know was, whether that particular way of writing the sentence was correct or not
- by nisagl750
Fri Jan 25, 2013 12:26 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: One of the students VS is One of the students
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7204
Hey Nisagl, I think I already explained this, but... You can't say "One of the students who were sick..." Why not? Because the subject of that verb is "one." You wrote "who modifies the students who were sick." No it doesn't. "Who" modifies "one of the s...
- by nisagl750
Thu Jan 24, 2013 11:58 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: One of the students VS is One of the students
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7204
My head hurts! Guys, really try to write grammatically when talking about grammar, or life gets confusing! 1)The percentage of students who do not attend ceremony was small. --> This sentence isn't grammatical... NEW 1): The percentage of high school students who do not go to college is small. The ...
- by nisagl750
Thu Jan 24, 2013 8:57 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: One of the students VS is One of the students
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7204
Hi nisagl750, Thanks a lot for your response. Then why in case of The percentage of students does not instead of do not and was instead of were? One of the students who was instead of were? Hi Soumita, I think percentage statement uses "do not" correctly. 1)The percentage of students who ...
- by nisagl750
Thu Jan 24, 2013 8:51 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: One of the students VS is One of the students
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7204
1)The percentage of students who do not attend ceremony was small. Here who modify the percentage of students and was is used as the percentage is singular. 2)One of the students who was sick was absent during exam. Here who modify one of the students and as one is singular was is used. 3) He is on...
- by nisagl750
Wed Jan 23, 2013 8:52 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: One of the students VS is One of the students
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7204